During relaxed wakefulness, the human brain exhibits pronounced rhythmic electrical
activity in the α frequency band (8-13 Hz). This activity consists of 3 main components: the …

Two vesicular glutamate transporters (VGluTs) have been identified at the molecular level
very recently and revealed to possess similar pharmacological characteristics for glutamate …

Corticothalamic neurons provide massive input to the thalamus. This top-down projection
may allow the cortex to regulate sensory processing by modulating the excitability of …

The corticothalamic system has an important role in synchronizing the activities of thalamic
and cortical neurons. Numerically, its synapses dominate the inputs to relay cells and to the …

Feedback projections are an integral part of the mammalian visual system. Although it is
tempting to relegate them to a subsidiary role in visual processing, because their supposed …

We used a juvenile mouse thalamocortical slice preparation with whole cell recording to
investigate synaptic properties of corticothalamic inputs from somatosensory cortex to the …

Absence seizures (3–4 Hz) and sleep spindles (6–14 Hz) occur mostly during slow-wave
sleep and have been hypothesized to involve the same corticothalamic network. However …

Abstract The slow (< 1 Hz) rhythm is a defining feature of the electroencephalogram during
sleep. Since cortical circuits can generate this rhythm in isolation, it is assumed that the …

Cortico-thalamo-cortical circuits mediate sensation and generate neural network oscillations
associated with slow-wave sleep and various epilepsies. Cortical input to sensory thalamus …

Thalamic function does not stand apart, as a discrete processing step, from the cortical
circuitry. The thalamus receives extensive feedback from the cortex and this influences the …